Undergraduate Courses:
• Introduction to World Literature
• Popular Fiction
Undergraduate Fractal Courses:
• Introduction to the Short Story
• Introduction to the Novel
• Genre Fiction I
• Genre Fiction II
• Communication Skills
Postgraduate Courses:
• Literary and Critical Theory
• American Fiction after 1945
• American Transcendentalism
• Academic Writing in the Humanities
• Body Image in Literature, Culture, and Media
• Advanced Topics in English
• Communication Skills: Advanced
Preparatory Course in English
THESIS GUIDANCE
Ph.D.:
Swathi Krishna S: “Promises and Perils of the Road: Female Mobility in American Women’s Road Narratives since 1970” [Thesis defended successfully on December 4, 2017. Assistant Professor at IIT Ropar 2018-2022. Assistant Prof at IIT Bhubaneswar since 2022-to present.]
Nilanjana Ghosal: “Revisiting Faith: Religious Discourse and the American Novel of the New Millennium” [Thesis defended successfully on April 12, 2021. [VIT AP as Assistant Professor from November 2021]
Aswathi V. Anand: “Faith as Inclusivity in the works of Marilynne Robinson, Mary Gordon, and Joyce Carol Oates” [Thesis successfully defended on July 6, 2023; Assistant Prof at IIM Indore.
Shreya Rastogi: “Beyond the Promised Land and the Waste Land: Reimagining Space in post-9/11 American Fiction” [Thesis defended successfully on April 19, 2024. Assistant Professor at IIM Jammu.
Vinita Vincent: “Narratives of Resistance/Narratives of Redemption: A Critical Study of Postmillennial African American Young Adult Fiction” [Under progress]
Piya Hore: “Appearance Bias and the Politics of ‘Otherness’ in Contemporary Multethnic American Women’s Fiction” [Under progress]
Anjali K. Janeiro: Under Progress
M.Phil.:
Nilanjana Ghosal: "Beauty, Femininity, and Gothic Monstrosity in Select Novels by Joyce Carol Oates, Ramona Lofton, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka" [2012-2014, Awarded]
Archana Nayak: "Peepli [Live]: A Social Satire on Contemporary India" [2013-2015; as Co-guide, Awarded]
Shreya Rastogi: "Domestic Reconfigurations and Female Agency in the works of Marilynne Robinson, Joyce Carol Oates and Ann Tyler" [2015-2017, Awarded]
Aswathi Velayathikode Anand: "From Wreck to Rebirth: Female Survivors in Joyce Carol Oates’ Late Fiction" [2015-2017, Awarded]
Vinita Vincent: "Black Professional Women in a Racialized World in McLarin’s Taming it Down, Roby’s A Taste of Reality and Miller’s Passin’" [2018-2020, Awarded]
Administrative/Academic Services:
Head, Department of Liberal Arts (August 2023-)
Convener, Committee for Gender Concerns, IIT Hyderabad (Dec 2024-)
Member, Vision 2030 Committee, IIT Hyderabad
Course Coordinator for Technical Communication (PhD course at IIT Hyderabad)
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Liberal Arts (2017-)
Faculty Adviser: PhD and Dual Degree (2016-17 batches)
Faculty-in-Charge, Ph.D. Admissions, Department of Liberal Arts (2011-15), (2017)
Member, Departmental Postgraduate Committee (2011-14)
Convener, Departmental Postgraduate Committee (2014-2017)
Invited member on Board of Studies, English. Dept. of English. Anurag University, Venkatapur, Jodimetla X Roads. Hyderabad 500 088. Telangana. India (2020-present)
Selection Committee Expert: Assessment for the post of Associate Professor in English at MGIT, Hyderabad (India), 2022
Member, Expert Advisory Committee for the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, M.P. India
Examiner of several PhD theses from EFLU (Hyderabad), University of Hyderabad, Pondicherry University, Savitribai Phule Pune University, NITs, Osmania University, JNTU Hyderabad, VNIT Nagpur, and Ravenshaw University